secretary backs away from words about syria and chemical weapons. >> bret: the pentagon top man says syria appears to have slowed the preparation to use chemical weapons against opposition forces. some of those forces may not exactly be friendly to the u.s. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest. >> hours after the state department declared a syrian faction terrorist organization, members of the syrian opposition announced the group known as al musria played integral role to help overtake key stronghold, large military base in aleppo. it's a front group for al-qaeda in iraq. demonstrating the complexity of the syrian war and u.s. reluctance to get involved in the inability to ignore. today, leon panetta backed off suggestions the syrians were making preparations to use chemical weapons. >> the intelligence leveled off. we haven't seen anything new indicating any aggressive ste steps to move forward in that way. >> pentagon never officially acknowledged the intelligence report that the components for the nerve gas had been mixed. the u.s. officials would not g

ready to use force both states have repeatedly vetoed this kind of resolution on syria are to spoke exclusively to the foreign minister i would describe as worrying the fact that the international community is failing to condemn rebel atrocities. groups of that position which several which which are not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods absolutely contrary to international humanitarian law. they can cause the just. the staging terrorist attacks and that it's very disheartening that western clothes in the security council started to refuse. condemning terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there is no as bad but you must take into account the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people the result that there is that this it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic we will might lead us if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world to russian citizens who are kidnapped in serious poort city of latakia by suspected rebels earlier this week and they

east the moment the tragedy unfolding in syria do you think that the international community has done enough to to to help syria some western countries are trying to help in this way or that way but there is no policy supported by or over countries in order to save the people in syria and those who will. be able to continue to be living in such conditions for a year or two or five or ten that wrong things would come to an end by the me a pact that the people. have already voiced their. their opposition to the government and they would continue to do so they paid a lot heavy price for that and therefore. those who believe that they can maintain the status quo really mistaken and their mistake will affect the fate of so many people in syria and india who you imply by well i'm not addressing. any country or any policy. per se but generally basic to issues syria should come to an end to be. an. for the syrians to start building their own democracy the big word on everyone's lips as regards egyptian foreign policy is cyanide what on earth is really going on when of course a ny needs to be

from syria. the pentagon announced that it will send patriot air defense missiles and 400 troops to turkey as part of a nato force. the aim is to protect turkish territory from potential missile attacks from syria. this comes as russia is backtracking on yesterday's statement that the opposition might actually win there. >> syrian forces bombing rebel positions on the turkish border earlier this year. the wounded brought across to the turkish side. syrian shells have landed on turkish territory itself also causing casualties. it could be vulnerable to serbian missile fire, turkey asked to protect against any such threat, we are deploying two patriot battalions here to turkey, along with the troops that are necessary to man those batteries. so that we can help turkey had a missile defense that they may very well need in dealing with threats that come out of syria. >> the american defense secretary announcing that the u.s. was joining germany and benevolence in providing patriot missiles. does this risk raising the stakes? >> i see these as predominantly a defensive move. i think the

slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of dog at risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt says it's time for russians to seize the initiative and their country's development. around the world and around the clock this is kerry johnston north korea has launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. young young says it successfully put a weather satellite into orbit is the second launch this year after an attempt in april failed shortly after liftoff north korea claims it's developing a peaceful space program but washington seoul and tokyo fear it's testing long range missile technology which could be used to carry nuclear warheads the u.s. threatened first sanctions saying the north has violated international law conclusive the country's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by u.n. resolution the us call the launch highly provocative on japan once an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council and he was campaigning eric. pressuring probably unbent help. can work. these are causing us to have more tal

korean peninsula and beyond. rest and some support for syria's main opposition and. friends of syria. through its backing behind the rebels. live from moscow this is r.t. . putin focused on improving russia's social sector and both during the economy during his first address to lawmakers since returning to the kremlin where the president warned it's high time to seize the initiative lest the country falls behind on the rapidly developing global arena he also called for much tighter controls over government spending and the income of bureaucrats warning them against drawing money away from the country's economy well let's get the latest from the who was there. actually take us through a main point. for the country's future. and i'm not sure he did actually get the connection with alexey back if you can harris alexia tell us what the latest was on that what did he say that we've lost the connection there we'll try and come back a bit later in the program. ok let's move on now to north korea well the country says it has successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit but launch early

erupts on the streets. rebels in syria claim they're making gains in their push towards damascus while the u.s. is giving your position of by granting it official approval. to the launch of defiance north korea blocks off its latest rocket despite global condemnation saying it placed a weather satellite into orbit. live from our new studio center here in moscow this is the weekly on r.t. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments rights groups in egypt are calling for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations on official tallies released by the islamist camp show a narrow majority backing the charter your position which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents were leading with a slim advantage of the spell true has been following the voting in current. tense nights here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution we've got to live in the results of course t

are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground it's islamist groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr towie come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and there are because of al qaida who have no his e.t.a. shin feels any form of whip around to to really. control any place. religious believes an ideology the so-called friends of syria including the gulf states the u.s. the u.k. and friends met in morocco to throw their weight behind the newly formed syrian opposition coalition two thirds of the islamist dominated entire south coalition has ties to the muslim brotherhood and cellophane is and their idea of freedom for syria what. it's a positive sign for us that our military struggle is characterized by being mostly islamic because martyrdom for the sake of anna has always been the main motive of people's freedom. in what's seen as a symbo

syria group met in morocco to discuss ways of ending the conflict. >> this internet footage purports to show the aftermath of explosions on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus. two other explosions were reported targeting the interior ministry and the justice ministry. state-run television reported at least one death and several injuries in what it called terrorist attacks. as the violence continued on the ground, diplomacy continued elsewhere. representatives of 130 countries met with opposition figures in morocco. the so-called friends of syria group recognized the opposition as the legitimate representative of the syrian people. following the lead of the eel and the u.s. -- of the eu and the u.s. >> this is an important step. we think it is important the national coalition continue to work on democratic and -- on the democratic platform. this is the new and democratic syria. this is a serious in which -- a syria in which all other religious and ethnic groups have a clear place. >> the secretary general of the arab league also said the situation had not changed. >> we have

hours a day. russia says it doesn't rule out the possibility of a rebel victory in syria conflict admitting that the government is losing control of the country. international conference around one hundred states have pledged to boost their support for the opposition joining us. russia for ministry have to say on the balance of power. through. syria may eventually be victorious in the conflict in syria but according to. the opposition. risk. of the country's territory but there are forty percent of governmental forces patrolling to control territories remaining and that's according to the down of could lead to a very serious civil war which would last for several years with already forty thousand people dead the death toll could reach hundreds of thousands of people according to them down and this is not something that russia can accept believing that this conflict must be dealt with behind the negotiations at the negotiation table indeed some i think some might think in the west that russia may be changing its position on the syrian conflict but stressed that it's not the case be

continues to erupt in the streets. the rebels in syria claim they are making gains in their push towards damascus while the u.s. is giving the opposition by granting it official approval. defiance north korea blasts off its latest rocket despite global condemnation saying it managed to place a weather satellite into orbit. live from. the studios here in moscow this is the with me wrong and welcome to the program. now rights groups in egypt calling for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations meanwhile unofficial tallies released by the islamist show a narrow majority backing the charter of the opposition which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents who are leading with a slim advantage a journalist a bell trues been following the vote in cairo. it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution to limit the results of course the official ones will come out of the second

his fiscal cliff analysis to table later. up next, rebels say syria's government is already using chemical weapons. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. because helps you keep doing what you love. no wonder it's america's #1 selling pain reliever. you took action, you took advil®. and we thank you. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >> bret: activist in syria say rebels captured parts of another large army base in the north. that tightens their grip on areas close to the turkish border. back in the u.s., the government is moving closer to making a decision about one faction in the opposition forces. there are increasing concerns about chemical weapons. here is chief i

diplomatic support for their allies in syria throughout that country's civil war, but a senior russian official says syrian president assad may be losing control. the deputy foreign minister said russians must accept the fact that government forces are losing territory. he said he could not rule out the possibility that opposition fighters bhimight win the sif w. they've been calling for more talks, but u.s. president barack obama says they recognize the opposition coalition as the only legitimate representative of the people. the head of nato thinks president assad has his back to the wall. he said the government's collapse is only a question of time. >> i think the regime in damascus is approaching collapse. >> he urged syrian leaders to stop the violence, understand the situation they're in and initiate a process that would lead to realizing the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. nato officials say they won't intervene militarily. they said it could destabilize the region. instead they will increase pressure by deploying interceptor missiles along the turkey border. aid wo

into space but it's enough to one of the region. moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of dialogue with risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development. this is r.t. with all the news that matters twenty four hours a day north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. is the second attempt this year after a failure in april killing young says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and tokyo claim its testing long range missile technology. is threatened for sanctions and the north has violated international law as it's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. washington called the launch highly provocative on japan the once a tough response from the u.n. security council but antiwar campaign eric surat can pressuring pyongyang won't help but only talks can work. these are causes to have more talks not less talks and the north koreans have been willing to atte

continued violence on the street. rebels in syria claim they are making gains in their push towards damascus the u.s. giving the opposition of. official approval. of defiance north korea blasts off its latest rocket despite global condemnation saying it placed a weather satellite into. broadcasting live in. new shiny studios right here in moscow this is our with me rule recent shang welcome to the program egypt has really backed a contentious draft constitution in the first stage of a referendum which was held on saturday and that is according to an official tallies released by the muslim brotherhood which strongly supports the islamist leaning charter and the opposition which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents were leading with a slim advantage journalist true has more from cairo. referendum of the constitution. you've got to live in the results of course the official ones will come out on the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with media outlets numbers and mounting up there saying

streets. rebels in syria. push towards damascus the u.s. is giving the opposition a boost by granting official approval. of defiance north korea. despite global condemnation saying it placed. into war. broadcasting live and. studios here in moscow this is with me rule re sushi it is good to have you with us today rights groups in egypt are calling for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations unofficial tallies released by the islamists show a narrow majority backing the charter of the opposition which has been a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft and also accepted their opponents who are leading with a slim advantage journalist true has been following the voting for us in. it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution pullin the results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers are mo

lawmakers since returning to the planet. the western powers demands their support for syria's main opposition alliance as a friends of syria conference opens in moral code this comes after washington officially it throws its backing behind the rebel coalition. new song russia and around the world this is our see with me thanks for joining us north korea says it has successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit the launch on wednesday was the second by the reclusive state this year attended in april shortly after liftoff the move by pyongyang immediately sent shock waves around the globe raising criticism from its neighbors with the south korea and japan reacted to the launch which talk is saying let's talk you saying it will not tolerate the actual washington called it provoked to counter any possible threats moscow says the launch will have a negative effect in the region and goes against a un resolution north korea is currently under sanctions on the banned from conducting missile and i think nuclear related deaths. will contain the ari says peace negotiations are the only s

cross border exchanges of fire but syria alliance officials now claim the syrian government has begun using ballistic missiles against the rebels something denied by damascus. count takes a closer look at who's fighting against assad. oh. they call themselves martyrs. you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country the syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably and i sought supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during serious. bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground islamic groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr towie come meet was a member of a jihad is still can ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and there are because of al qaida who have no

vote on a new draft constitution unofficial results showing. streets. rebels in syria claim they are making gains in their push towards damascus when the u.s. is giving the opposition. its official approval. despite global condemnation saying it placed a with us tonight into. live from our new h.t. studio center here in moscow this is the weekly on r.t. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments rights groups in egypt recording for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations on official tallies released by the ism is can show a narrow majority backing the charter the opposition which has been urging the new food to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents were leading with a slim advantage journalists held true has been following the voting in current it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution they've got to live in the results of course the official ones wil

cliff. octagenarians doing gangnam style, no deal, and what syria is planning to do if bashar al assad will do if he uses chemical weapons against his own people? a woman with a 1% survival after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria. she made it. tonight let's go "out front." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front, gangnam style. this is how one man sees the fiscal cliff. this is allen simpson, as in the simpson in simpson/bowles. ♪ >> yep, that may be the most actions the fiscal cliff saw today. here's the scene on capitol hill here at noon. yep, people leaving, members of congress leaving washington, heading home on a wednesday afternoon. one man standing was the house speaker and he says, i'm not going anywhere. >> i'll be here and i'll be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. >> but, of course, it takes two to tango. where does president obama stand? >> we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. >> he's absolutely right about that. but we heard earlier this evening the president and spea

space but it's enough to own the earth the region. moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of down at all the risk. and president putin bastid page the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development . hello and welcome to our table straight to our top story now north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. it's a second the tenth this year after failure in april of one young says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and tokyo claim it's testing long range missile technology u.s. threatened fresh sanctions saying the north violated international law as it's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. washington called the launch highly provocative on japan wants a tough response from the u.n. security council north korea expert professor frank says the pressure on trying and has never worked so any new sanctions won't either. sanctions are of course an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfa

or of the consensus that should have been as you can hear. from syria now excuse me from egypt now to syria where the government there the forces are on the receiving end of opposition offensives that the rebels make gains and battles across the country of course in their push towards damascus it comes after the opposition received another boost this week when their diplomatic status was upgraded by a u.s. led group of nations who also donated more than one hundred million dollars to the anti us camp meanwhile and nato is deploying surface to air missiles and troops to neighboring turkey requested the reinforcements from its allies after a series of cross border exchanges of fire with syria alliance officials now claim the syrian government has begun using ballistic missiles against the rebels that is something that is the night that by damascus is guy nature can takes a closer look at who exactly is fighting against assad. they call themselves martyrs and. all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living the martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a sou

syria's main opposition alliance as the friends of syria conference opens in morocco comes into the kitchen and it's backing behind the rebel coalition. international news twenty four seven you're watching r.t. . throwing the book at russian officials with tough measures aimed at stemming corruption and financial wrongdoings among the elite in his first presidential address to the lawmakers since returning to the kremlin putin also appealed for social and economic boost. the kremlin. this speech was very important in terms of he speaking speaking about primarily about the domestic issues in russia i mean ninety five percent of his speech was dedicated to the problems and issues inside the country rather than problems outside the country and foreign policy because in the previous addresses are usually focused only on the foreign policy issues this time it was all about russia and being in the main idea of this idea basically is the one who continues in the very start of his speech was that this time is now and it's either now or never for russia because the world isn't going through

militant group on a terrorist list and is porous lyrics planes there are increasing fears syria's chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands some of the images in this report of a graphic nature. now this comes as the damascus regime increasingly accuses both the e.u. and the united states of conducting a smear campaign against it in terms of falsely accusing damascus of using chemical weapons the syrian foreign ministry has written a number of letters to the united nations in which it says that it is afraid that countries backing both terrorists and terrorism might themselves provide those countries with chemical weapons and then shift the blame and point fingers towards syria there is of course growing concern that the chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could land up in the hands of extreme militants in here we've been hearing reports of both al qaida as well as has been in the south operating in lending their support to the insurgency and so there's concern that these weapons could land up specifically in their hands the united states for its side says it has intell

to if you just joined us money kevin i mean this is our first syria's main opposition group says the u.s. should reconsider its decision to add an al qaeda linked group to its list of terrorist organizations saying it's helping them in their fight to topple president bashar assad this is the united states becomes the latest country to openly declared support for the opposition coalition meantime there's been an explosion in the last few hours of some of the interior ministry building in the syrian capital damascus he's going to teach you can see in washington his gun hi there why is america willing to support the opposition movement while claiming one of the factions has links it says to al qaeda. well kevin it's clear that washington is trying to distance itself from extremists in syria they have designated the front carrousel can ization it's a sock to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the conflict washington decision to call them terrorists is seen as more of a symbolic move because many other fighters in syria possibly most of them welcome th

so soon, but, you know, at the time, syria was looking, you know, as the sequential arab revolts came into being, there was very few places where the united states had an easy or even a conceivable influence -- edge to come in and do something where the consequences were not dramatic. they were at least, you know, there could be a pos five, you know, of course, egypt, a long-time ally anchor in the middle east, supportive of israel, and tunisia was a little bit, but, by that point, already crossed the threshold and ali was out, and syria, the comparisons with libya are quite, you know, very different. it's a multisectarian society with lots and lots of, you know, connections to other powers into which are iran, lebanon, israel, you know, where disrupting or changing that relationship could have all sorts of consequences which are unknown. libya presented a -- was unique that that the libyans -- there was a popular uprising, there was a program that had been put forth by a small group of people who had put themselves forward instead of on the first unofficial, then increasingly of

syria from the u.s., european union, and various arab countries. more than 50 opposition groups formed the coalition last month. the friends of syria say the organization is now the lawful government. should step down.bashar assad delegates did not state whether they would provide weapons to the coalition. some are concerned that those weapons could fall into the hands of radicals. a spokesperson said that they believe their allies will help arm them if the situation changes. the leaders of russia and china continue to support the assad government. delegates from those countries did not attend the meeting. >>> 20 years after the u.s. closed its last military base in the philippines, u.s. troops are out toeturn inorce. top officials from the two countries have agreed to expand the u.s. military presence in the south china sea. the goal is to serve as a counterbalance to any potential chinese ambitions in the region. u.s. assistant secretaries of state kirk campbell took part in talks with philippine officials on maritime security and cooperation. the united states is planning to send ma

keepers in the area monitor the cease-fire between syria and israel. the security council decided on wednesday to extend the forces mandate by another six months. commanders have rotated units of 50 self-defense personnel through the mission since 1996. they have been responsible for transportation and logistics. japanese government officials say they will pull sdf members back next month because they are worried about safety. their mission was scheduled to wrap up in the leersd . >>> the leaders of india have agreed to work together. india's prime minister met with representatives from the ten member association of southeast asian nations. the two sides are committed to cooperation and the safety of sea lanes. >> indeed, aussian nations should negotiate for a peaceful settlement of maritime dispute in accordance with international law. >> vietnam and the phillipines, both aussian members, are in dispute with china over items in the south china sea. >>> putin has voiced his hope with government under shinzo abe. he wants to settle a long-time dispute and conclude a peace treaty. p

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. we're looking at $3 trillion for iraq and afghanistan. and if they plunge us into syria and iran, if the congress pushes us that way, we're going to be looking at a $5 trillion bill. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thanks for coming in tonight. >>> good evening. i'm ezra klein. rachel maddow has the night off. we begin tonight with an update on the breaking news in the pacific northwest, the terrifying scene that unfolded earlier tonight at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. a gunman with what witnesses describe as a rifle opening fire on holiday shoppers. two people were killed. the shooter also killed, and one person has been seriously injured according to the sheriff's department. an eyewitness who had been browsing the watch counter inside macy's described the scene to our portland, oregon affiliate kgw tv. >> constant boom, boom, boom, boom,boom, boom, boom, boom. it wasn't just a couple of shots. whatever the shooter was shooting at, they continued to shoot. an employee of the store actually saw a masked gunman come in. and as fast as she got the call to security, the guns

believes an ideology the so-called friends of syria including the gulf states the u.s. the u.k. and friends met in morocco to throw their weight behind the newly formed syrian opposition coalition two thirds of the islamist dominated entire south coalition has ties to the muslim brotherhood and salafist and their idea of freedom for syria well. it's a positive sign for us that our military struggle is characterized by being mostly islamic because martyrdom for the sake of anna has always been the main motive for people's freedom. in what's seen as a symbolic attempts to distance themselves from terrorists in syria washington has designated one of the rebel groups a terrorist organization but the same syrian opposition that the us supports welcomes the efforts of groups like al nusra the decision of considering one of the factions fighting the regime as a terrorist organization should be reconsidered. this is a demonstration of support for almost right in syria people heard chanting we are students of osama. people here in washington don't seem to understand that if you don't like th

leave syria and live. britain greece gets its latest installment of bailout funds needed to keep the economy afloat exchange for a debt buyback scheme which many say is counterproductive. and as the u.n. atomic watchdog resumes talks with iran we look at why many iranians consider acquiring nuclear energy is not just a matter of necessity but of national pride. life from moscow twenty four seven this is r.t. . but ukrainian journalist kidnapped by syrian rebels is facing execution on thursday and their captors demands for a fifty million dollar ransom are met and had been working in syria during the conflict hoping international media including r.t. european federation of journalists has strongly condemned the action as outrageous calling it a money spinning scheme middle east correspondent is following the developments. the journalist i'm happy coach never was taken hostage in october holmes the free syrian army has held her for nearly two months they've accused her of being both a russian and a syrian spy she has appeared in two you tube videos that were released earlier by the fre

nine hundred eighty eight we had much more war situation let's move on to syria no how do you think the craft in syria may affect the situation around iran. i believe this would affect more the region the us allies. i believe if they continue like peace syria would go to seed war and civilian war. spreading to iraq so the jordan lebanon and even tortured. iran would be the list to be affected by this spread of civilian war or war from syria. of course iran may lose one friend one partner ashore a set but it doesn't mean. they're radical muslims they are caught they would come to paul where they would be friend of israel or american muslim brother who if they are in power they would be much more ideologists. the base would be islamic ideology aside this situation that's the difference what is the biggest threat for the united states in egypt i believe the biggest threat threat for the us is coming out of arab spring where and where salafi. taleban is i'm a lawyer their extreme some need is radicals or. capturing the muslim countries the collapse of the us allies like mubarak minnelli

sanctions against syria in their effort to stop its civil war. welcome to nhk world "newsline." representatives of nations putting the squeeze on the syrian government have met all over the world. their latest gathering brought them here to japan. the delegates worked on their strategy to push president bashar al assad out of office and ultimately end the bloodshed. on one hand, they're strengthening sanctions. on the other, they're reaffirming their support for opposition forces. nhk world's akira saheki reports. >> reporter: delegates from more than 60 countries are attending the conference, including representatives from the gulf region and the west. they've met several times before, but this is the first time they've gathered in asia. the japanese government hosted the conference to help broaden the base of international support for sanctions against syria. >> translator: the international community has been asking the syrian government to end the violence. but the assad regime is continuing the fight, ignoring the sacrifices of its people. we need to unify our efforts and

patriot missiles at its border with syria moscow says the move would only provoke more tension. now reports. russian president was it which was quite an extensive agenda for his visit in the sun full of course a lot of documents are expected to be signed concerning the cultural and economic cooperation between russia and turkey but it's not so much the issues which the two countries are agreeing on this the issues on which i was going for i have sort of disagreements about which will be the focus of the meetings of course these are mostly dealing with gaza in the us about that its recent conflict with israel and of course the issue with syria now you have to remember that uncle rod has just recently filed an official petition to nato to put the trick missiles on the border with syria turkey says that it's afraid our possible spillover from the civil unrest in its closest neighboring country into the trickiest territory but russia remains adamant that putting weapons on the border with another country carries no use the possibility of those weapons actually being used but that this i